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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-10

THAT HACKING COUGH can be 80
quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We
guarantee II. Sold bv DR.. Yanderhule.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-10

3 CATARRH CURED, health and sweet
breath secured, by Shiloh's Oatarrl
REMEDY. Pricei50 cents. Nasal IDjec-
tor free. Sold by DR.. Vanderhnle. Isl
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-10

For lame back, SIDE or chest, use
Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price rs cents.
Sold by DR.. Vanderhule
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-10

e SHILOH'S COUGH and Consumption
Cure is sold by as on guarantee. 1t cures
Consumption. Sold by DIR. Vanderhule.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-06-10

sLEEPLEss NIGHTs, made miserable
by that terrible cough. Shiloh's Cure is
the remedy for you. Sold by DIR. Wander
hule,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-23
A DARING RESCUE.
Two Detectives Shot in a Train
Their Prisoner Taken Away.

Two Detectives Shot in a Train
Their Prisoner Taken Away.
A most daring and successful attempt to
rescue prisoner occurred the other morn
ing on tho Pittsburg (Penn.) express, which
left ut ll:25 o'clock p. H. for Cleveland
Captain Hoehn and Detective Hulligan. OF
termined to return with their prisoner.
Harry McMunn, who was accused Of hav-
inc been concerned in q recent extensive
fur robbery in that city. Securely
handcuffed, the prisoner was placed on board
the train at the outer depot in Allegheny.
He took his arrest very coolly and seemed
anxious to cause the detectives as little
trouble as possible. The express sped on. and
ats o'clock A. N. Alliance, Ohio, was reached.
At that point five men boarded the train
and passed through several Of the cars. Fl
nally they saw the officers and their prisoner
sitting in the smoking car. No sign OF re.
copnition passed between McMunn and the
men. and they sat down few seats from the
prisoner, and in few minutes the express
continued on its way.
When Ravenna was reached the five men
arose suddenly from their seats, and with.
out warming drew their revolvers on the Of
ficers. There were but two other passengers
in the car and the confederates of McMunn
we're complete masters OF the situation.
Their quick action gave them the drop on
the officers. One of the men demanded
their prisoner, but instead of complying
with their request the officers jumped to
their feet and tried to draw their revolvers.
They were too late. The five men opened fire
on them. Captain Hcehn reeled and tottered
over into the aisle with bullets in his shoulder
and thigh. As he fell one of the gang jumped
on him and kicked him until he lay still as
death.
When the firing first commenced Detective
Hullipan received several bullets in his body.
He still attempted to defend himself and an
other yolley was fired at him, until seven bul.
lets had pierced his body. He tottered and fell
insensible in his seat. He was then kicked
until his head was split open. The few
passengers that were in the smoking car be.
came terrorized and hid under the seats. The
alarm spread to the other cars, and tho train
men and other passengers hurried forward
A frightful scene met their gaze Stretched
out but q few feet apart were the
bodies of Detective Hulligan and Captain
Hoehn. The floor was covered with blood,
and the seats in the car near where the shoot
ing had occurred were pierced and shattered
by the bullets that had sped from five re-
volvers. The prisoner and his rescuers had
disappeared in the excitement, they having
Jumped from the train. All trace Of them
was lost in the darkness. Large rewards for
their capture were offered. The wounded
detectives were taken to Cleveland where
Hulligan died Of his injuries
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-23
Light and Heavy Hay.

In the various rules for estimating
the amount of hay in bulk, says the CH2-
tivator, not enough difference is allowed
for the variation in weight depending on
the condition when cured, the exposure
to rain and other causes. The same sorts
will have much less weight in propor-
tion to bulk after being dried out by q
cold winter. Hay that has been bleached
by long exposure to rains will always be
light in weight, and. be proportionately
less valuable than even its weight would
indicate. The soluble juices which give
hay its greatest value have been washed
out by rains, leaving an undue proper.
ton of woody fiber. There is, besides,
q considerable variation in the original
constituents of grass and hay, depend
ing on the character Of the soil OH which
it is grown. Farmers on wet, mucky
and overfiowing land complain that
their large crops of hay do not pan out
we'll when brough1 to the weighing
scales. Timothy grown on such soil has
coarse, hollow stems, with smaller pro-
portion of leaves. Such soils are often
deficient in mineral fertilizers, and q
dressing of phosphate when the land is
seeded makes the crop better and the
hay richer and heavier. Still this coarse
hay is salable and does not exhaust the
soil as does hay grown on upland. This
may be one reason why the bulk of hay
sold is grown on lew, mucky and over
flowed lands.
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Fire Signs.

Several superstitions Of the fire stove
are recorded in an excellent work or
/" Popular Antiquities by Mr.. John
Brand, published a few years ago
Among many curious traditions appears
this passage: "In his memoirs of Dun
can Campbell, Defoe refers to the fire as
affording kind of divinatlon to the
omen mongers, who see "swords, guns,
castles, churches, prisons, collins, wed.
ding rings, bags of money, men and
women, or coals;' whatever they wish
or fear plainly deciphcred in the glow
ing and among Natures secrets. Wills
ford discloses the following: "Whcn
our common fires burn with a pale flame
they presage foul weather; if the fire
makes buzzing noise it is sign of
tempest near at hand; when the fire
sparkles very much it is sign of rain ;
when pots are newly taken off the fire,
if they sparkle (the SCOT upon them
being ahame) it prcsages rain; when the
fire scorches and burns more vehemently
than usual, 1t is a sign of frosty weather,
but if the live Goals shine brighter than
ordinary at other times, rain may be
looked for: if wood or any other fuel
crackles and emits wind more than ordl-
nary, it is an evident sign of tempestu-
Gus weather near at hand, and the
sudden and plentiful falling of SCOT
heralds rain" MollinHus," says Mr.
Brand, "interprets the sudden eruption
of flame from dead fire lee cineribuO as
betokening joy."--London Society.
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Farm and Garden Notes.

Farm anu Garuen NOtes
Irregular feeding milch cows is sheer
loss of time and material.
Good, sweet wheat is the best grain
for chickens, and as cheap as any.
Horses stray the way the wind blows,
but sheep travel in contrary direction.
Forking over the manure heap to make
the materials fine and rot them well is
recommended.
Cut hay and straw together, add bran
and shorts, and moisten with little salt
water to cke out your hay.
Soaking the bottom rail an3 post bot
toms in crude petroleum will greatly in
crease their lasting qualities.
Some one says that hens will find any
amount of hay seed and dust by scratch
ing over the bottoms of mows.
The old notion that feeding a few
chopped apples to COWS will scotch the
flow of milk is an erroneous one.
Breeding stock need muscle rather
than fat, as the latter means a loss of
energy, if not health and vigor.
Every animal Graves salt, and must
have certain amount introduced into
its system to enable it to thrive.
The National Stockman says ensilagc
is better than the same stalk dried, Just
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-23
4 FATAL FEUD.
Terrible Result of q Law Suit
in Texas,
Four Men Killed and a Boy Badly
Wounded.

Four male member Of q family named
White, living four miles north Of De Kalb,
Texas, had deadly battle the other day with
Colonel John E. Rosser, his son Willie, aged
fifteen years, and hired man named Mul-
lens. The affray resulted in the killing OF
three of the Whites and Colonel Rosser
and the wounding of the boy. The news
was brought to De kalb by man on horse
back, and a coroner's jury at once went to
the scene in company with the officers and
Justice Proctor. A ride Of an hour over q
rough road brought the party. to the
battle ground. The home of the White
family, log house, consists OF
and Is situated in the center Of about
fifteen acres Of cleared land. On the ground
in front of the house was found the body of
J. c.. White, with bullet hole through his
breast and one through his side. In
the center Of the room. in great pool
shot twice through the neck and breast.
Upon a bed, in half-sitting posture, was
Lawson White, dead, with gun cooked aud
clutched in his hand A bullet through his
head told how he met his death. In one cor
ner of the room was found Ros Ser's son. shot
through the side, with a Winchester beside
him. Blood was everywhere and over every
thing, Ihe weapons CnaC nau WTOuSuI 81
much destruction were scattered promiscu.
ously about
But the scene of death did not end here. A
mile further on and the home Of Rosser was
reached. In the center of room was the
deal body of Rosser, surrounded by his weep
ing wife and children. He had received a
death wound through the neck at the hands
of old man White, but being man Of great
vitality, after having, as he supposed. killed
all the Whites, he mounted his horse and
rode home, dying rs he entered his own
door.
A year ago the Whites bought piece OF
land of the Rossers and as they failed to pay
for it, Rosser brought suit to recover posses
sion. A writ Of dispossession had been
issued last week against White, but had
not been served. This angered Ros-
ser. and in company with his son
and his hired man, all armed, he went
to the Whites house to eject the family. The
Rosser party made known the object of
their visit. A few words were passed and
the firing began. Old man White staggered
from the house and fell dead in the yard, the
elder Rosser emptying his revolver at him.
The boy was inside He says the elder w hlte
shot him and his father, and he
shot old man White once and then turned
the Winchester on the White boys to keep
them from shooting his father. About ff-
teen shots we're fired. The hired man Null
lens has not been found and it was not
known what part he took in the tragedy.
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SECRETARY MANNING.

His Resignation and Treasurer Jor-
dams in the Presidents Hands.
A Washington dispatch states that Treas.
urer Jordan has admitted that Secretary
Manning is to be the President and that he
(Jordan) is to be the Vice = President
Of the new Western National Bank
OF the city Of New York The resigna-
ton Of both officials are in the hands Of the
President, and will be accepted in due
time. 1t is expected that Mr.. Manning
will be relieved soon after the adjourn
ment Of Congress 1t is even said
by some that his successor will be
nominated before the adjournment. Depart
ment officials say that everything now points
to the promotion of Assistant Secretary Fair
child to the head OF the department. Treas
urer Jordan will not leave the department be-
fore April ], as there are certain matters he
desires to dispose of during the intervening
time, and it will be necessary for him to initiate
his successor into the duties Of the Office. Mr.
Jordan says that applications have already
been made for over "a, ,000, 900 of stock in the
new bank, and that many people will have
to be disappointed, as the capital is limited
to g 000, coo. The new bank will begin bust.
y,e<s ebo11t NAV Let
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-23
A Youthful Gambler.

Two years ago bright-faced lad Of
thirteen was hired by a stock broker,
with offices about 100 yards from the Ex-
change, to chalk on the blackboard now
used in many offices the price of stocks
as they appeared on the tape: The lad
then wore ill-titting clothes, but his in.
genious ways attracted the attention Of
the brokers' customers and he soon be-
came a favorite. Yesterday the lad, now
fifteen, wearing an expensive suit and
neat but costly Iewelry, told how he had
lost $3.50 at poker few nights ago, and
won that amount and more at the next
sitting. He incidentally remarked that
the stock market was against him 81, 500,
but that he was 50, 100 ahead on cotton.
He still chalks the ticker prices on the
blackboard, and in all probability some
future SIM reporter will speak of his sue;
cess in Wall street rs broker or record
his utter destruction, for the lad Is oil
the sort to come out big winner or get
battered to flinders. York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-23
THE ANIMAL WORLD.

A coAL-BLAcK deer has been seen near
Chico, Cal.
A WILD HOG caught near Yaquina, Oregon,
has tusks nine inches long.
SEvENTY-FIvE wildcats have been killed
this winter in Sonoma County. Cal.
ONE Australian farmer has sh ot, trapped,
and poisoned 5000 rabbits in the last year.
A LOUISIANA panther trotted al.ng beside
two little children who got lost in the woods
for a considerable time, purring like cat,
and never Offering to harm them.
A LARGE mountain sheep was recently
killed in the Bear Paw mountains of Mon
tana, the horns Of which measured sixteen
and one-eighth inches at the base, and in
length were thirty-flve inches from base to
tip.
RATS in the tenement Of Frank Derby in
Waltham, lifted squash from the top of q
keg of butter, and, by the efforts of four Of
them, carried it to a corner. They then re.
turned. removed the cover from the keg, and
feasted on the butter.
A FLOCK of blackbirds, said to have been
three miles in length and nearly hundred
yards wide, lately passed over Edenton Bay,
North Carolina. They obscured the heavens
like dark cloud and the noise of their flight
was like the rush of q mighty wind.
TwELvE-YEAR-oLD JAMES MAYLEY, of
NNOTGu lldSCluSS, SdUduu, Nulle OuG III Guo
woods with ON * and dog, came upon big
buck. The dog started in pursuit, the deer
slipped on the ice, his antlers became en-
tangled in some brush. and Jimmy. rushing
up, killed the deer with one blow of the Ak.
He is the proudest boy in Canada.
SOME time ago 100 farmers of Knox
county, Ohio, began big rat hunt. They
divided into two bands of fifty each, with
Captains, agreeing that the side producing
the most rat-tails at the end of six weeks
shoald eat a good dinner at the expense
of the other side. The result was that Cap
tain Leroy Blues rarity produced 5,557 rat
tails and l,IOT mice, and Captain William
Gordon's followers came in with 2,SS6 rat
tails and 7S2 MICE making grand total of
S,743 rats and 2,4So mice Slaughtered.
A FARMER within few miles of Hartford
has been feeding bevy of fifteen quail all
winter. They are all evidently of one brood,
have become somewhat tame, and come
within a rod or so of the house to get their
breakfast. They show preference for buck
wheat over other grain 1t is known to be
very warming food, but if too abundautly
fed is likely to be fatal. resident of West
Hartford who found bevy of nearly starved
quail in his yard during time of hard
frozen trust on the snow in March, gave the
birds too much buckwheat; the grain swelled
up in their crops and killed them all.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-23
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Sugar For Animals.

It seems there is much more nutriment
in sugar than has generally been sua-
pected. Recent experiments with ani-
mails have shown that sugar can be con-
verted into beef and fat. Sugar was so
cheap in Europe that it has been fed out
to cattle quite freely. In one series of
experiments it was proved that fifty
kilos of sugar increased single animal 8
weight nearly sixteen kilos more than if
the animal had no sugar. This gives a
very handsome profit, and the meat from
these animals was found to be of very
superior quality. Five or six pounds of
sugar q day was all that an OK would
take with zest. Unlike children, the
young cattle had but little desire for
sweets. Heretofore it has been supposed
that sugar was merely heat-producin2,
but it seems, under the subtle chemistry
of nature, to be convertible into good
flesh and blood. It iD, however, no more
wonderful than that the honey which tie
bees extract from flowers can be con.
verted into wax.-Nsw York World.
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Unnatural Cravings.

Professor Arnold says in the New York
Tribune The habit of gnawing old
bones, bits of wood, and various other
non-eatable things, is of frequent occur
renee in herds of cattle, but much oftener
in milch COWS. and oftener in old dairy
districts than elsewhere. Also, hogs and
and horses sometimes delight in eating
dirt, and children exhibit craving for
chalk or charcoal, which, it is supposed,
they cannot digest. The cause OF such
unnatural hankerings is doubtless dis
turbed condition of health, but just what
specific thing occasions the disturbance
is not, so far as I am aware, positively
known. The fact that it is most com.
mon with milch COWS in old dairy dis
tricts gives rise to q suspicion that ex-
haustion from the soil, and consequently
to some extent from the food, of certain
mineral matters with enter into the
composition of milk, notably phosphates
and pot ash, may be the principal cause.
With this view some dairymen are in
the habit of feeding their cows at short
intervals with bone meal and wood ashes
as remedy when they show tendency
to unnatural cravings, and, it is claimed,
with good effect; but my cows would
never partake of such diet. If there be
any truth in this idea it would be better
to supply the soil with the efficient ele-
ments, since it would improve the growth
of crops, while it would cure the disease
BY removing the cause. Bone meal and
potash have very happy effect in sweet
ening forage crops as we'll as increasing
their growth, and it has often been
noticed that where land is rich and for
age crops luxuriant the bone-c chewing
habit seldom prevails. Of all the cows
I have had under my care cases of un-
natural craving have been infrequent,
and the few that occurred were best re-
Ieved by q liberal use of wheat bran.
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Uses OF Plaster,

There seems to be an opinion prevalent
with many that as plaster or sulphate Of
lime does not enter largely into the COM
position of plants it can be of but little
use as fertilizer. They do not consider
that there are substances which, while
they do not contribute directly to the
growth of plants, have chemical or me-
chanical properties that play very i'm
portant part in vegetation. Plaster has
both of these properties. As q sin.
fectant or deodorizey it is one of the best,
as well as cheapest, substances al cur
command. Any one who has kept stock
of any kind stabbed during the warm
summer months knows what hard task
it is to keep their apartments clean and
odorless. Now, if hey will keep a bar
rel of fresh-ground plaster in con-
venient corner, and every day, on sweep
ing the floor clean, sprinkle it freely with
the plaster, it will absorb all disagree
able, noxious odors, rendering the air
sweet and pure, while the value of the
manure will be greatly enhanced by the
retention of the ammonia. Poultry
houses should also he swept clean at least
twice week in summer and once week
in winter, and the floors sprinkled with
plaster; it will add greatly to the value
of manure, and the satisfaction of having
clean, sweet, odorle,s coops and healthy
focks will abundanfly pay expenses. Try
it and be convinced. american AgrlcM-
turist.
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Dead in Earnest About 1t.

Mr.. J. X. Barney tells of gentleman
in Rhode Island, who some years ago
Was asked to give his signature to pc:
tition for the prohibition of the sale ot
strong drink.
"No," was the decisive answer, ~ am
not ready for that; I have not made up
my mind as to the advisability of it."
That night his only son was locked up
in the police court for being ''indecently
intoxicated"
A few hours later the father crossed
the street to speak to friend, accosting
him thus:
Look here, have you that petition
with you today Pm ready to sign it.,
for do not want it so easy for my son
to get drunk"
Upon being told that the petition had
been left at home, something more than
mile away, he replied:
81 will walk up there with you, for I
am dead in earnest about this business. /"
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

COLONEL JOHN s. MosBY has been in Bos-
ton bringing out his book OF "reminiscences OF
the war.
MRS HETTy GREENE, Of New York, who
can put up $.J,U0O, 600 in cash at any time,
pay sonly IS week for her board.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS left an estate
valued at 81 oct, 900, besides making generous
provision for each Of his children while he
lived.
GENERAL F. E. SPINNER, e1-United States
Treasurer, who now lives altogether at Jack
sonville, Fla, has just celebrated his eighty
dfth birthday.
= PEOPLE who have visited Pasteur in Paris
say that he treats from six to ten Americans
every day. and that many Of these have been
bitten by their pet dogs
SENATOR JAMES T. FAIR, OF Nevada, is q
tall, thickset man with ruddy facs and IRON
gray hair and beard. He has a passion for
walking in crowded thoroughfares and gaz-
ing into shop windows
SENATOR JONAS, Of Nevada. is a stout
man with long gray chin whisker. which
he constantly combs with his fingers. He al
ways wears the conventional broad -brimmed
Western sombrero, we'll slouched.
TIE wife of Senator-elect Davis, Of Mill
nesota, is described as a brilliant converse
tionalist and not less brilliant musician; q
dashing equestrienne and fearless driver; tall,
graceful, and exquisitely beautiful
BARON DE JoEST, of Paris, noted all his
life for his cruel treatment of all men and
animals he came in contact with, has left his
whole estate Of $500, 900 to the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruely to Animals
MAJOR BENTEEN. who belonged to Reno's
command at the time of the Custer massacre,
and who has brilliant record as daring
cavalry officer, is to be Investigated for
drunkenness while on duty at Fort Duchesne,
Utah.
The Philadelphia Ne,rs has been having q
competition in aIagrams upon the names Of
Grover Cleveland and James Gillespie Blaine
Those to which the prize is awarded are
Govern. clever, lad," and "Jim's pen,
allege, is able"
The daughter of General Logan married q
Mr.. Tucker, while the daughter of Repre-.
sentative Randolph Tucker married q Mr..
Logan Each couple havea son. The name
of one is Tucker Logan and the other is
Logan Tucker.
OK State occasions Chang Yen Hoou, the
Chinese Minister at Washington, wears q
robe of light blue damask silk over petit
coat Of white brocade and black cap sur
mounted by purple button with big dia-
mond in it and Eeacock's feather,
The Emperor of China is the shortest
monarch in the world, being only five feet
tall; the Emperor William Of Germany is the
tallest, being just six feet: Prince Albert of
Germany, nephew Of the Emperor, is six
feet six inches tall; the Emperor Of Russia is
nearly six feet